<div class="contentTitle">About PathKey</div>

<div style="text-align: left;">
	<p>
		PathKey was developed by Hongping Liang in
		December 2011, after Anthony Brach suggested this idea as the next
		step after Hongping's earlier "<a data-rel="external" target="_blank"
			href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.bim.plant&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5iaW0ucGxhbnQiXQ..">Plants</a>" app for Android phones.
	</p>

	<p>
		For some time, it has been recognized that there is a need for a
		freely available tool for using interactive keys on mobile devices
		(e.g., DELTA-L Listserv Nov. 2011: <a  data-rel="external" target="_blank"
			href="http://mailman.science.uu.nl/pipermail/delta-l/2011-November/thread.html">http://mailman.science.uu.nl/pipermail/delta-l/2011-November/thread.html)</a>
		and e.g., Brach, A.R. & Boufford, D.E. (2011. Annals of Missouri
		Botanical Garden 98: 297-300.).
	</p>
	<p>Since the Flora of China Project (www.foc.org) and many others
		have numerous interactive keys online, PathKey was developed to
		provide a tool to access these interactive keys from anywhere. PathKey
		is a tool for accessing data from other sites, so please direct
		correspondence concerning the data themselves to the originating key
		site managers.</p>

	<p>As with any traditional dichotomous key or interactive key,
		identifications should be considered as tentative possible IDs, and
		then checked with further references and specialists for potential
		confirmation.</p>

</div>
<br />
<br />